Friday's Headlines: Trump sows uncertainty and seeks to cast blame in coronavirus crisis
Experts and Trump's advisers doubt White House's prediction of virus deaths; Resistance to stay-at-home orders remains widespread, exposing political and social rifts; White House expected to urge everyone to wear face coverings in public; As coronavirus cases surge in Florida, fears mount that action came too late; Inside America's mask crunch: A slow government reaction and an industry wary of liability; European leaders warn coronavirus could lead to the breakup of their union; Social distancing is working. The worst thing to do now is stop.; An upside to all this downtime; This is the scary part. But Americans will get through this. ; How did covid-19 begin? Its initial origin story is shaky.; The next threat: hunger in America; Get rid of the political party conventions; Judge declines to delay April 7 presidential primaries in Wisconsin, despite concerns about virus; Trump campaign calls Sessions 'delusional,' asks him to stop promoting ties to the president; Everybody seems to be using Zoom. But its security flaws could leave users at risk.; A New York hospital transformed by the pandemic
President Trump's machinations have a dogged showman's quality, using his omnipresence at daily White House news conferences to try to erase memories from his months of playing down the covid-19 threat.
Leading disease forecasters, whose research the White House used to conclude 100,000 to 240,000 people could die nationwide from the coronavirus, were mystified when they saw the administration's projection this week.
By William Wan, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Joel Achenbach ●Read more »
"The future is not good anywhere," says one epidemiologist. "But Florida has been late taking action that might help. And I hope it is spared the worse."
By Cleve Wootson, Lori Rozsa and Brady Dennis ●Read more »
A letter sent to the U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama took issue with the former attorney general for referring to his strong support for his former boss.
After the coronavirus contagion brought an end to many of the rituals of everyday life, many of them reappeared on the video-call service. But with the company's growth has come an uproar over security, privacy and harassment concerns.
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